A mindful practice is to show up just as you are. No competing, no judging, just being in the moment of practice. What a wonderful place to be when there's none of those thoughts going on and you can bring your presence 100% to who you are right now.
This is the invitation in somatic movement practice when we do a body scan. We sit, or lie down, and just notice how the body is showing up in this moment. There is no need to change what is showing up, just bring attention to how it is. In fact, the act of changing how you are once you notice can be a reflection of judgement when thoughts creep in that say the body 'shouldn't' be this way.
If we feel out of alignment during a body scan the invitation is to just let that be as it is. Then, by coming back to the body scan after moving through pandiculations/somatic movements noticeable changes can be observed. This is the act of letting the body take its natural unwinding, instead of taking action to be in some pre-conceived shape that feels more aligned to the mind. The body is intelligent and it knows when, what and where to let go, all we have to do is allow space to notice.
Are you allowed to be imperfect?
The competing and judging when doing a movement practice comes from ideas of being imperfect, not what one should be, or allowed to be. When it comes to moving through the world, there are so many pre-conceived ideas around what good posture should or shouldn't be that it can be tempting to think that we aren't up to scratch. However, if we come back to simply observing ourselves in the body scan, coming from a place of exploration, we open opportunities to accept and allow the natural process of change to happen through somatic movements and pandiculations. No effort required.
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